It takes hard work to catch buyers’ attention amid the current flurry of M&A activity. Hospitals need to muster an enormous amount of initiative and consider the following strategies to boost their attractiveness. Marisa Manley, president of Healthcare Real Estate…
Transactions & Valuation Issues
Irwin Hurn, a partner at executive services firm Tatum who has served as CEO, COO, and CFO for several hospitals, shares five tips for leading a hospital through the uncertainties associated with a merger or sale.
Halifax Health in Daytona Beach, Fla., has confirmed it has paid nearly $125,000 in legal fees to fund a lawsuit against New Smyrna Beach, Fla.-based Bert Fish Medical Center's merger with Adventist's Florida Hospital in Orlando, according to a News-Journal…
Geneva, Ill.-based Delnor Health System and Winfield, Ill.-based Central DuPage Health have signed a definitive agreement to merge, according to a CDH news release. The merger between the 159-bed Delnor and 313-bed CDH is expected to expand the caliber and…
Hospitals in the Chicago area have recently experienced an uptick in merger and acquisition activity, with a number of hospitals agreeing to mergers or acquisitions in December and many more open to the idea of affiliation, according to a Chicago…
Wesley Medical Center, a Hospital Corporation of America facility in Wichita, Kan., has entered into an agreement to buy the physician-owned Galichia Heart Hospital, according to a Wichita Business Journal report. The deal will occur within the next three months.…
Wayne Smith, chairman of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems', has said the company remains "absolutely committed" to acquiring Tenet, according to a Dallas Business Journal report.
A Circuit Court judge will hear testimony on Feb. 14 to determine whether Bert Fish Medical Center's reholding of meetings surrounding its merger with Adventist Health's Florida Hospital remedied its violation of Florida's Sunshine Law, according to a News-Journal report.
The commissioners’ court of Llano County, Texas, has decided to pursue the transfer of Llano County Hospital Authority to Temple, Texas-based Scott & White Healthcare, according to a Llano County Journal report. Scott & White is set to take control…
Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners has signed a letter of intent to affiliate with Lakeview Health System in Stillwater, Minn., which owns a hospital and multispeciality practice, according to a Star Tribune report. This is the third partnership for HealthPartners, which has…